CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings September 3, 2014
The men dropped dead from heat exhaustion. Then they marched 6 months southwest of the capital and then burned the capital and tramped almost a mile down pennsylvania avenue to where they were now. They were famished and thirsty. Admiral George Coburn was the driving force. His superior, Major General robert ross had second thoughts and he wanted to return. And coburn forced him by the influence of his occupants, to proceed. He said weve only got militia men ahead of us. Thats nothing. Weve come so far, we have to continue. He had been recognized by nelson. He acknowledged coburn ability and k...